Storycorps

In 2024, broadcaster Don Frierson and musician 2Ru3 met up at StoryCorps to discuss how music, particularly in the African American culture, has changed between their generations and what those shifts reveal about the culture itself.

When COVID-19 patient Len Fouch awoke in a Spartanburg ICU on February 4, 2021, he found himself in soft restraints to prevent him from pulling out his tubes, and a nurse named Cat Wynkoop was reassuring him that she was taking care of him, and that he would be okay.

Sally Garris met the man who would eventually become husband while attending Erskine College. He took an academic pause to serve in the U.S. military, and during that time, he and Sally stayed in touch not only by exchanging letters, but also through their shared love of the Atlanta Braves.

South Carolina newlyweds Jamal and Adrienne Davis looked forward to having children, but soon began encountering fertility issues. Through their struggle, they began to see social and spiritual encounters through a brand-new lens.

Each day, close to 24 million women across the country head out to work after tending to their children. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, working moms account for nearly one-third of all employed women.

Priscila Ramirez recently joined her daughter, Elen Callahan, at StoryCorps to share what it was like coming to an unfamiliar country with her husband and only $120 between them to see if they, too, could experience “The American Dream.”

Jennifer Erdin joins her husband, Ben, and son, Josh, at StoryCorps to share what inspired her to join Harvest Hope’s mission to help eliminate food insecurity across the Palmetto State.

When Harriet Hancock's middle child, Greg, came out to her as gay, she instantly accepted and supported him. But she learned that his friends who were gay had not received the same kind of acceptance as she had given her son.

In aviation, a pilot checklist is an essential tool used to ensure flight safety, legal compliance, and airworthiness of the craft to be flown. The checklist exists thanks to a man named Ployer Peter Hill. Or, as South Carolina’s Carol McLaren knew him, “Uncle Ployer.”

On May 16, 2024, Shaheena Bennett was sworn in as the first Black female president of the South Carolina Bar Association. A month before, she and her colleague, Nekki Shutt, sat down with StoryCorps to talk about what led to that groundbreaking moment.